[1][2] It was one of the first permanently inhabited European stations in the interior of West Africa and was located on the 750 meter high Adadoberg.

[3] In the years 1889–90 the station was headed by Erich Kling[4] and was the starting point for several expeditions to explore the hinterland and to expand German influence in the area.

Kling and his successor Richard Büttner had a palisade fence built for fortification.

[7] The Imperial Commissariat under Jesko von Puttkamer was skeptical of the station due to its remoteness and economic inefficiency.

It remained economically important as African traders came to the area to buy rubber.